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The car versus plane video is a thing that may have run stale. It seems that everyone watched Top Gear do it, and then proceeded to dream up ground versus air battles of their own. There was probably such a stunt done even earlier, but it seems Clarkson and company opened the flood gates to these sort of things. That doesn't mean we completely...

"The Brierwood Pipe," an 1864 painting by Winslow Homer, depicts two Zouaves from the 5th New York regiment. (Image: Cleveland Museum of Art/Public Domain)
The First Battle of Bull Run, in 1861, featured 40,000 barely-trained soldiers, shooting and yelling and rushing at each other in a mess of smoke and blood. Show More Summary

The Climate Shield website hosted by the U.S. Forest Service provides geospatial data and related information on locations of cold-water refuge streams for native Cutthroat Trout and Bull Trout across the U.S. In the fight to protect Bristol Bay, language often … more ?

This must be what it feels like to score a personal best on a run only to have someone throw ice water over your head.
Fitbit delivered blowout earnings, vindicating for now the bulls who have been battling a tide of bearish sentiment. Show More Summary

Apart from the Running of the Bulls in San Fermin, Spaniards enjoy some other wild festivals from time to time. One of them is called “La Tomatina.” Once a year, locals in the small village of Buñol engage in a massive battle with 150 tons of tomatoes as their only weapon of choice. Show More Summary

Some folks are lightning rods for success. Others are just lightning rods. 1. The Civil War’s Charlie Brown Wilmer McLean just wanted everyone to get off his lawn. In 1861, the Battle of Bull Run—the Civil War’s first major skirmish—started near his farm. Show More Summary

Mercedes may look set to run away with both the drivers' and constructors' championships, but the battle at the front of the grid in the 2015 Formula One season should be far more compelling than 2014.
Last year, Red Bull Racing andShow More Summary

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is to mark 2014 as one of its best years in the recent past, seen by its value skyrocketing to highs of $700 billion at the back of the unveiling of iPhone 6 and Apple Pay. Despite the impressive run, CNBC’s, Dan Nathan, remains skeptical about the company’s prospects heading into 2015 […]

Can we tlk?
On the eve of the Battle of Bull Run, Major Sullivan Ballou of the 2nd Rhode Island Volunteers wrote to his wife about his fears of dying (justified as things turned out) in the coming battle.
"I shall always be near you;...Show More Summary

Can we tlk?
On the eve of the Battle of Bull Run, Major Sullivan Ballou of the 2nd Rhode Island Volunteers wrote to his wife about his fears of dying (justified as things turned out) in the coming battle.
"I shall always be near you;...Show More Summary

Since the financial crisis of 2008, the optimists have been steadily beating the prophets of doom in the battle of the economic narrative, as the stock market continues its years-long bull run and the economy steadily improves. But that...Show More Summary

After three quarters of Thursday night's battle, the Denver Nuggets (5-6) and Chicago Bulls (6-4) appeared to be headed for a contested finish.
The Nuggets, however, unleashed a 13-0 fourth-quarter run and overshadowed one of Derrick...Show More Summary

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Manassas Battlefield Park has been struggling with traffic for a long time. The site of the First and Second Battles of Manassas, also known as the battles of Bull Run, it's rich in Civil War history. The main reason...Show More Summary

This might be where the term "Yankee ingenuity" came from, although if it was, somebody was being sarcastic: Two New Yorkers invented this and had it patented in 1862. At the time, the battles of First Bull Run and Shiloh...

151 Years Ago...on August 29, 1862...John D. Bertolette, a 1st Lieutenant serving on the staff of Colonel James Nagle, who led a brigade in the 9th Army Corps, fell seriously wounded at the Second Battle of Bull Run. Advancing alongside...Show More Summary

July 21, 1861 - Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell (right) is defeated at the First Battle of Bull Run. Graduating from West Point in 1838, McDowell saw service in the Mexican-American War and took part in the Battle of Buena Vista. A skilled...Show More Summary

Over at Bull Runnings, Harry Smeltzer has a great interview with Prof. Allen C. Guelzo of Gettysburg College on the occasion of the release of Prof. Guelzo’s new book on the Battle of Gettysburg, entitled Gettysburg: The Last Invasion. Show More Summary

What a difference two games make. In Game 1 of their series with the Miami Heat, the Chicago Bulls played out of their minds. They won the loose-ball battles, they had the rebounding edge and they closed out the game on a 10-0 run. In the two games since, they have been outscored 219-172. Show More Summary